EPA v. THE SPENCER COMPANIES, INC.

Case summary

9/10/2012 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. AGREEMENT STATES: ON NOVEMBER 28, 2011, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 180 GALLONS OF OIL, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE PINHOOK CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO HUNTSVILLE SPRING BRANCH WHICH FLOWS INTO INDIAN CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER, AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE PINHOOK CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO HUNTSVILLE SPRING BRANCH WHICH FLOWS INTO INDIAN CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE UNITED STATES. RESPONDENT'S NOVEMBER 28, 2011, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINE OF THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY, OR CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURACE. IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.

Defendants (1)

• THE SPENCER COMPANIES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL SPILL (THE SPENCER COMPANIES, INC.)

  2600 SOUTH MEMORIAL PARKWAY, HUNTSVILLE, AL, 35801

  Registry ID: 110054081444

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• THE SPENCER COMPANIES, INC.entered 2012-09-10

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2012-09-10Final Order Issued
• 2012-09-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2012-09-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2012-10-15Enforcement Action Closed